1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)

For the earlier tournament, see 1959 South American Championship (Argentina).
1959 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host country Ecuador
Dates December 5 – 25
Teams 5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (10th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 40 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina José Sanfilippo
(6 goals)

The 1959 South American Championship held in Ecuador was an extra South American Championship for the year. The tournament was contested between five teams; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru did not participate; Brazil attended with a team from Pernambuco. Uruguay won their 10th South American title.

Format

The format was same as other tournaments; it was a round-robin tournament, awarding two points for a win, one for a draw, and nothing for a defeat. The team with the most points at the end was declared the tournament winner.

Venues

Guayaquil
Estadio Modelo
Capacity: 42,000

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 4310131+127
 Argentina 42119905
 Brazil 4202710−34
 Ecuador 411259−43
 Paraguay 4013611−51

Matches

December 5, 1959
Brazil  3–2  Paraguay
Paulo  25', 39'
Zé de Mello  55'
Parodi  72'
Benítez  90'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Ceballos (Ecuador)

December 6, 1959
Uruguay  4–0  Ecuador
Silveira  1' (pen.)
Escalada  28'
Bergara  46'
Pérez  52'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

December 9, 1959
Argentina  4–2  Paraguay
Sanfilippo  8', 57', 89' (pen.)
Pizzuti  81'
Insfrán  30'
Cabral  90'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

December 12, 1959
Uruguay  3–0  Brazil
Escalada  49'
Bergara  67'
Sasía  75'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

December 12, 1959
Ecuador  1–1  Argentina
Raffo  20' Sosa  62'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

December 16, 1959
Uruguay  5–0  Argentina
Silveira  9' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Bergara  15', 64'
Sasía  25'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

December 19, 1959
Brazil  3–1  Ecuador
Paulo  23'
Geraldo  42'
Zé de Mello  45'
Raffo  12'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

December 22, 1959
Argentina  4–1  Brazil
García  2'
Sanfilippo  27', 89', 90'
Geraldo  64'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

December 22, 1959
Paraguay  1–1  Uruguay
Parodi  32' Sasía  88'
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

December 25, 1959
Ecuador  3–1  Paraguay
Spencer  16'
Balseca  25'
Cañarte  74'
Gómez  5' (o.g.)
Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: José Gomes Sobrinho (Brazil)

Result

 1959 South American Championship Champions 

Uruguay
10th title

Goalscorers

With six goals, José Sanfilippo of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 21 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

  • Ecuador Climaco Cañarte
  • Ecuador José Vicente Balseca
  • Paraguay Eligio Antonio Insfrán

Own goal

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, June 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.